Palaeoctopus
| Palaeoctopus Temporal range: | |
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| Holotype of Palaeoctopus newboldi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | †Palaeoctopodidae |
| Genus: | †Palaeoctopus Woodward, 1896b |
| Type species | |
| †Palaeoctopus newboldi (Woodward, 1896a) | |
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Palaeoctopus is an extinct genus of octopuses that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains one valid species, P. newboldi, which has been found in Lebanon.